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IDAHO WATERSHEDS PROJECT v. HAHN

Nos. 01-35033, 01-35150, 01-35152.

307 F.3d 815 (2002)

IDAHO WATERSHEDS PROJECT; Committee for Idaho's High Desert, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Martha G. HAHN, State Director; Bureau of Land Management; Jenna Whitlock, Owyhee Area Manager, Defendants, and Owyhee Resources Area Permittees; Thomas Hook; Connie Brandau; James Randall Collins; Michael F. Hanley, IV; Tim Lowry, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants. Idaho Watersheds Project; Committee for Idaho's High Desert, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Martha G. Hahn, State Director; Jenna Whitlock, Owyhee Area Manager, Defendants, and Petan Company of Nevada, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant. Idaho Watersheds Project; Committee for Idaho's High Desert, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Martha G. Hahn, State Director; Jenna Whitlock, Owyhee Area Manager; Bureau of Land Management, Defendant-Appellants, and Owyhee Resources Area Permittees; Thomas Hook; Connie Brandau; James Randall Collins; Baltzor Cattle Company; Michael F. Hanley, IV; Tim Lowry; Petan Company of Nevada, Defendants-Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 24, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Van Zandt, Robert L. Zaletel, Anthony L. Francois, McQuaid, Metzler, Bedford & Van Zandt, San Francisco, California, attorneys for Appellants Owyhee Resource Area Permittees, Thomas Hook, Connie Brandau, James Randall Collins, Michael F. Hanley, IV, and Tim Lowry.

John C. Cruden, Acting Assistant Attorney General, David C. Shilton, David J. Lazerwitz, U.S. Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington D.C., Paul Smyth, Laura Brown, Jean Sonneman, Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior, Kenneth M. Sebby, Office of the Regional Solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior, attorneys for Appellants Martha Hahn, Jenna Whitlock, and Bureau of Land Management.

W. Alan Schroeder, John T. Schroeder, Schroeder & Lezamiz Law Offices, Boise, Idaho, attorneys for Appellant Petan Ranch.

Laurence J. ("Laird") Lucas, Robert W. Bartlett II, William M. Eddie, Land and Water Fund of the Rockies, Boise, Idaho, attorneys for Appellees Idaho Watersheds Project and Committee For Idaho's High Desert.

Before D.W. NELSON, THOMPSON and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

D.W. NELSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellee environmental groups Idaho Watersheds Project and Committee For Idaho's High Desert ("Environmental Groups") brought suit in federal district court alleging, inter alia, violation of the National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA") by the Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") in the exercise of its resource management responsibilities and particularly in the issuance of grazing permits to cattle ranchers...

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